My first race of 2006!!!!

Woo-hoo! I finally dragged myself to a race, my first in a looooooong long time. It was great. I love the Miramar 10k for so many reasons...it's close to home, I always have support with me, and it's a 10k! My goal this year was simply to finish. Not having run more than 2 miles continuously in a while and it being that time of the month, I didn't have much confidence in myself. But amazingly, I did ok, 12 seconds better than last year, actually! I'm sure it was all the weight training I've been doing. My quads didn't get tired until the last few minutes of the race.

Even though I told myself, I just want to finish, less than a mile into it I felt myself getting competitive again. I HAD to win something!!!! As soon as I finished and downed a bottle of water, I rushed to see the results....I came in third!!!!! (Again!) Not too shabby, but I wish I could finish in under 50 mins! Maybe next year.

My next race: next Sat, on my birthday...the Riverwalk 5 miler. This time, Andy's coming with me! :)

The "official" numbers:

Run time: 00:55:14

Distance: 6.2 miles (10k)

Avg. Pace: 08:54